hayle
See also: Hayle
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hæġl, hæġel, hagol (the last is the ancestor of the form haul), from Proto-Germanic *haglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble”). Akin to Middle High German hagel, Old Swedish haghl, Old Danish haghæl, Middle Dutch hagel, and Old Frisian heil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛi̯l/, /hau̯l/
Noun
hayle (plural hayles)
- Hail; the phenomenon of precipitation below freezing temperature.
- A hailstorm; an instance or example of hail falling or appearing.
- The substance that hailstones are made of; frozen water as rain.
- (rare, medicine) A tumour situated near the eye.
Related terms
References
- “frost (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-31.
Etymology 2
From Old English hagolian, from Proto-Germanic *haglōną.
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